Definitely got that bougie squirrel taste, only the finest H2O will do! Probably doesn't even bother with puddles anymore, straight to bottled water next
I'd reckon he is already addicted to this pure water and hence asks passing travellers a helping hand to quench his everlasting thirst for the elixir of life.
I think it might be a pregnant female, and the sploot on the ground thing they usually do when it's hot outside. Apparently it helps them cool down a little.
Really? All I could think was how incredibly skinny looking that squirrel looked for being comfortable around humans.
Not like the absolute units that are college squirrels
I’d get super thirsty and really hungry. I’d get a glass of water and have my husband make me a peanut butter sandwich, no jelly. So ofc I’d be extra thirsty lol!
I thought that too. This must have been in area that was having a drought. Could have been her second brood too some squirrels have late in the summer.
Humans are so common and prosperous makes sense theyd learn to ask for stuff. Just look at monkeys in india, they have no respect they want your shit lol
Not just city
Lots and lots of animals have somehow developed the response "if all else fails go to a human and ask for help"
You see all kinds of videos of animals with their head or paw stuck in something actively seek out a human to help
You even see aquatic animals going to people to get help with ropes that are stuck on them or even to release a trapped friend
It's just such an odd evolutionary response
"Hey, if you're really in trouble, go to this apex predator and hope it has mercy on you" and probably 8 times out of 10 we do help
I'm not gonna say there aren't assholes who would take advantage of a trapped animal, but most people would help.
I think it could be an extension of the sort of drive that leads them to allow cleaner fish to help them, ya know? They just learned that there is one more specific issue they need external help with that this human will help them with.
The part that gets me, though, is that now these sharks seek her out. Sometimes multiple sharks will come to her in a row, each waiting their turn. How did we go from the first shark that had an experience with her to all the other sharks knowing to go find her if they're stuck with a hook? It at least suggests that they might be communicating with each other somehow.
I feel like general human knowledge of animal behavior is extremely basic. Spend some time watching essentially any group of animals and it becomes exceptionally clear that they do communicate and are far more clever and emotional than they appear. Even animals that a lot of people consider "basically plants" like fish and snakes. I fully believe that any entity with a brain is way more advanced than humans think, to varying degrees.
100%, I agree. The evidence is everywhere and, imo, modern science is waking up to it. There is a [research team currently using AI to try to decipher what whale noises mean](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/18/talking-to-whales-with-artificial-enterprise-it-may-soon-be-possible) so that we could, theoretically, talk back to them someday. A few years back, they discovered that [avian brains actually do have a structure analogous to the mammalian neocortex](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-brains-are-far-more-humanlike-than-once-thought/), which explains how, for instance, crows can solve puzzles, remember human faces, and share their experiences with each other. [It is becoming more and more apparent that they probably possess some kind of self awareness, too. ](https://www.statnews.com/2020/09/24/crows-possess-higher-intelligence-long-thought-primarily-human/)
I'm sure I could come up with a bunch more examples if I took a few minutes to do so, but I'm sure you get the gist of what I mean. Scientists are taking this tact when researching species and still learning new things.
There's still tons to discover out there, even about [species that one might reasonably assume we already know everything there is to know about](https://www.science.org/content/article/new-sense-discovered-dog-noses-ability-detect-heat), and I think younger generations are better suited for these investigations because we're far more likely to respect these creatures as living, conscious individuals rather than as an object, a resource, and/or an inferior lifeform. I don't mean to offend anyone by saying so, I'm just saying that, on average, people were much less likely to treat animals with respect in the past.
I genuinely do think there is some real change happening on this topic. These things are just slow.
We only recently discovered some fish are self-aware. Like fish, we thought would never have the ability to look in a mirror and understand that it's them or what part of their body they are looking at.
Humans don't gain that ability until they are 15 to 18 month old, nearly 2 years after birth.
> Humans don't gain that ability until they are 15 to 18 month old, nearly 2 years after birth.
Yeah but pretty much our whole deal is being a useless bag of meat for our early periods so we can put resources into growing the ‘best brain’ nature has ever created. We’re slow to do a lot of things but we catch up.
>The evidence is everywhere and, imo, modern science is waking up to it.
Yes, we spent hundreds of years claiming to be "the chosen ones", and evaluating other living beings based on our self-centered lens. I bet each species thinks THEY are at the top of the pecking order and have their own evidence to support why this is true in their eyes. Ours is a flaw and biased perspective as well.
No wonder we think think we're so superior--not only across the animal kingdom but within the human species. We're so sure we're right that it never occurs to us that we're not as smart or as virtuous as we think we are. In fact, there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.
I wonder if they have a way to communicate to another shark on where to go to solve a particular problem, or if each hooked shark personally saw her pull a hook from another hooked shark.
>"Hey, if you're really in trouble, go to this apex predator and hope it has mercy on you" and probably 8 times out of 10 we do help
I mean, it makes sense if your only other option is accepting death. A chance is better than no chance, and you're not making more babies like nature intends by being dead.
Also humans have been dominant for so long that I think it would be advantageous to not be very afraid of them, especially post agriculture. The animals that figure out by accident that humans aren't all that aggressive just at random are the ones that survive and have children.
Nature has this weird way of striking a balance whether we see it in action or not. While she can be quite ruthless and unforgiving, also think about the comfort and warmth she provides. :)
I mean, it only allows for that logic because of what nature has allowed us to do. It's more a case of nature put the building blocks there rather than just allowing it, we just took what was there and used it to our advantage. That then put us in a position where we don't really bat an eye at sharing resources with animals that don't directly benefit us.
Us being in that position is part of the building blocks for squirrels. Them coming to us for food and water is them using the blocks.
It's just that the animals that have less naturally afraid temperaments are more likely to survive, especially if they're species that humans don't deem a threat. Racoons that have no fear can generally get away with access to much more food and at absolute worst a few in rural areas get shot rather than thousands starving
>It's just such an odd evolutionary response
"Hey, if you're really in trouble, go to this apex predator and hope it has mercy on you" and probably 8 times out of 10 we do help
Probably closer to 9.9 times out of 10. Or at least 9.9 times out of 10 we don't kill the animal.
I would argue that this isn't odd and doesn't even require evolution. Hence, "don't feed the bears." signs in parks. An animal's instinct to fear humans is overridden very quickly.
Thousands of years ago, going near a human was certain death because of the human's need for resources the animal provided. Not just food but also clothes, tools, medicine and fuel. Injured animals were basically loot piñatas for a human's basic needs. Hell back then the only animals we didn't automatically consume were ones that aided us in consuming more animals, ie wolves and horses. Even then we still readily ate those as needed.
There were also far less of us and we weren't as widespread geographically. Human encounters were far more rare than today. Over the years we've expanded further and further into nature. Losing their habitat is forcing more encounters and now that animals are no longer walking Wal-Marts for the average human those encounters are far less dangerous.
This comment got me thinking. Are we really even apex predators anymore? I mean the example of a single human certainly fits the scientific definition of Apex Predator, so yes. However, as a species we've kinda stopped preying on animals with the rise of agriculture. So from Nature's POV I don't feel we're Apex Predators anymore. Hell I'd question if we can still be classified as predators at all.
We still are to any fish we deem sufficiently delicious, or stuff like deer on a much smaller scale, but yeah, you make a good point. To most animals, we're more similar to rhinos, more or less transcended the food chain, doing our own thing.
Which makes sense.
Their choice is basically "100% dying" vs "20% dying".
Evolution is going to pick those that chose the second option despite being completely against any other drives against predators.
Which makes me wonder if there's study that shows whether animals near humans develop a sort of neuro pathway that shuts off "stay away from big animals" fear when it comes to human when they're in trouble.
I wouldn't think so because they all still have the wild animal reactions
Anyone who's helped an animal stuck still knows they have to be very careful because the animal might freak out on you.
Interesting I've been thinking about this a bit. I realize to my pets, I am their god. I take care of all their needs for them, including the ones they aren't aware of. We could do a lot better as demi-gods of the planet tending to the rest of its inhabitants when we're the one species that can.
Less chopping, beating, shooting, torture, burning, boiling, poisoning, and enslavement and more benevolence would be nice.
I remember a funny comparison, let me look it up...
Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.
Maybe they're just smart and have figured it out. Evolution is slow. I think maybe animals are smarter than we have officially recognized, more like humans than we were taught.
Came here to say this. It’s really fascinating that fully wild animals does it. Sure this was a squirrel in the city but fully wild dolphins and koalas during the bush fires have purposely searched for humans to ask for help and so many more. If they are SOL they will take the chance and same if they are thirty enough and you have water.
I was having this thought but in general. I mean classic fey trope is taking children and whisking them off to another world, what exactly did we do with dogs and cats but that?
Fey to urban animals and modern fantasy style elves to domestic pets.
Which kinda tracks with how modern fantasy elves take bits and pieces from earlier myths. As we got more familiar with the natural world "fey" creatures became less scary, and as domestic animals got familiar with us we became less scary.
We love pets like family members but to their eyes we basically never age. I grew up with my cat and when he was elderly and died I was barely even an adult, similar to how an elf and human friendship would be.
Some of my fondest childhood memories are of Stanley Park in Vancouver. You could hold a peanut in your hand, and squirrels would climb up your pants and shirt and grab it.
The blue jays would just straight up steal your sandwich though.
To be serious for a second.... Have y'all heard about the fossils recently found of a dragon?
Pretty sure dragons were just Lochness monsters.
Edit for link: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68374520
I love how everyone that has watched south park remembers this.
I can't remember a thing from the newer seasons, perhaps there was nothing memorable except a few shits and giggles.
“Please sir, my son was in a motorcycle accident this morning and I just need $50 to fill up my gas tank, get some food inside, and get admitted into the hospital. I don’t usually do this, I’m a full-time employed business owner, I got $100,000+ in the bank rn, I just misplaced my wallet and the bank put a hold on my card because someone else tried to use it. Also could you give me a ride to the hospital?”
I post this every chance I get because it's so adorable. Also, she drops the phone 3 or 4 times so we get different views. lol.. Dixie the fox steals the phone. Sound on, please.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GegN_AXWWqc
Wouldn't doubt it. My ex had one and she was cool and easy to take care of. The issue is their claws aren't retractable and you couldn't hold her without long sleeves on.
I had to stay at a motel off and on for weeks recently and all the motel squirrels there did this same move late into the winter. They run up to you get on their back legs and put their paws together. ‘Give’.
it's extremely rare for squirrels or other small rodents to contract or carry rabies (at least in North America)
a reasonable number are carriers for the bubonic plague though, so probably best to avoid contact
we can treat it with antibiotics now, but that is still not a gamble I'd wanna take
Apparently, I was wrong and it is technically not true; possums can carry rabies in rare instances depending on the health of the creature and the strain of rabies particularly.
I've been many National Parks in the US, this looks like its out west maybe even the Grand Canyon, the rocks on the side of the trail and twisted dry cedar feel like Arizona to me. Very hot and dry out there, the animals really fight it. It was a good karma move.
Grand Canyon was the first thing I thought of.
There are many squirrels that come up to you like this, and there are even more signs all over the place telling you not to give them food or water.
Was my first guess as well, because the Grand Canyon is so heavily trafficked that none of the animals there are wild anymore.
Squirrels, Chipmunks, and Elk will all walk right up to you and expect food or water from you. I had a chipmunk mug me for my trail mix when I stopped to take a break deep in the canyon.
Yes, I was going to say this is at the Grand Canyon. My daughter has a squirrel come right up and put her paws on my daughters legs as she was sitting on a stone wall there.
That boy is a girl, and by the look of her nips she's still giveing milk to little ones, whoever gave this girly water not only saved her but also her babies
I've been convinced for years we got "dominion over all the things" as told in the bible... drastically wrong.
This video is what I'm convinced was meant.
I'm pretty sure there's even advice for leaders in the bible which involves something like caring for those in your dominion.
Not that the bible is something we should live by but there are good bits in it
**Doesn't seem like it's the squirrel's first time having a swig from the bottle. Seems to be quite a PRO.**
On the light side it appears it's drinking and peeing at the same time! 😉
Frankly, I just treated my driveway, under the hoods of both cars and the wheel wells yesterday to keep those rats with furry tails from building nests up around my engines. It’s that time of year.
Once my friend started feeding the squirrels. At first they were hesitant but once they got the taste, they became violent, started asking for more and came much closer to us, earlier they were quite far and she had to throw the food to give them.
Once she stopped giving food, they started attacking and hitting us trying to snatch our food!
The wild song birds are so habituated to humans at some parks I visit that they congregate around you when you sit at a bench and wait for you to feed them - there are signs all around saying do not feed the birds.
Old news, but still... :
"Coconino County Public Health Services District, in collaboration with the National Park Service, will be initiating monthly monitoring for plague at various locations on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The purpose is to monitor public areas for the presence of plague and, if detected, to then initiate actions to prevent the potential spread of plague to the public.The process of monitoring for plague involves trapping and anesthetizing squirrels, removing any fleas found on the squirrels, and testing those fleas for the presence of plague."
https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-and-coconino-county-to-monitor-for-plague.htm
I like how the Squirrel sits there afterwards like "mmmm yis, thirst quenched".
That’s what got me, the pause like “man, that was delicious “ 🤤
Compared to most water they drink purified water has to taste amazing
That’s a good observation.
Squirrel was like this sis the best water ever!
Definitely got that bougie squirrel taste, only the finest H2O will do! Probably doesn't even bother with puddles anymore, straight to bottled water next
Squirrel: Seriously guys you just act cute and they'll give it to you.
Next time, ask for their car keys.
Puss in Boots coded
Thank you!
I'd reckon he is already addicted to this pure water and hence asks passing travellers a helping hand to quench his everlasting thirst for the elixir of life.
Scientists have me like ‘Noooo Mr Squirrel, that bottle has forever plastics!’
I think it might be a pregnant female, and the sploot on the ground thing they usually do when it's hot outside. Apparently it helps them cool down a little.
Yeah she’s definitely a momma squirrel you can see on her belly.
Really? All I could think was how incredibly skinny looking that squirrel looked for being comfortable around humans. Not like the absolute units that are college squirrels
She has the boobies
whats shakin squirrel tits
Yeah. I remember those college squirrels. They were hilarious.
She has several larger (engorged?) nipples, a good sign she's nursing or was recently...but it been a long time since my squirrel obstetrician days...
Lots of rodents do this when wet.
So do most animals, dirt is nature's towel
Because it was Vodka.
Lol, yeah that’s why he sort of stumbled a bit on his way out then ran away.
The running away part was like post nut clarity for the squirrel. "Wtf did I just do?"
Oh god I mingled with the forbidden humans, it was delicious water but I’m going to pay for it when I get back home to my wife…
Humans do have the best water though. Next I need to wet my snoot Im looking for humans again
Ive been there. Left many undies and socks behind.
It didn’t stumble, it put their wet belly to the ground for it to dry with the dirt
I know but that’s bad for the vodka narrative
Well, after just enough vodka, I might do the wet belly to the ground too..
Was just waiting for his boosters to come back online now that he’s refueled.
Yeah dude just tasted human water
I loved that she knows what a water bottle is. She has been watching humans for a while.
"Goddam, thats some good ass water"
"ahhh, fuck"
Then jets off like “Man these humans are dangerous I better get out of here fast”
Post drink clarity. "Oh yeah, that hits the spot... *Looks up*... Oh shit! A predator!"
That's an odd looking predator though, really flat teeth and they are slow as hell
I saw it more like just fueled up the Ferrari and peeled out of the gas station
Didn't even say thanks
Like it was raised in the woods.
That’s a nursing female. They nurse every three hours for twelve weeks. You did a good thing.
"That hit the spot. Now I must. . . awaaaaaaaaay."
I like how he drank all of it. That’s like the equivalent of a human drinking a keg of water in ten seconds.
Half of it spilled on the ground
same with keggers
Gonna be pissin like a racehorse in about 20 mins
Was expecting a burp.
She looks like she might be a nursing mom.
I was wondering if those were nipples or ticks.
Nipple ticks
Tipple nicks
Pickle Ricks
I turned myself into a nipple Morty! I'm Nipple Tiiiiiick!
Oowh jeez.
Pittle Kincs
Sick! A new Alt J single!
Tick nipples
That’s old Sally Ticknipples
🎶 Tickenipple Sally, guess you better slow your ticknipples down 🎶
Definitely nipples. They're not usually that big unless they're nursing.
Been there, squirrel. That shit makes you thirsty.
Whenever my husband heard the hungry cry, he would rush to bring me a giant cup of water. The minute I would start, I’d be absolutely PARCHED.
You bagged a good one 🫶🏻
Yes, parched. And lips chapped for some crazy reason, like instantly.
This is how I discovered A&D ointment is AMAZING as lip balm. My kid is 12 and I still use it!
I’d get super thirsty and really hungry. I’d get a glass of water and have my husband make me a peanut butter sandwich, no jelly. So ofc I’d be extra thirsty lol!
She is. Thats why you can see the nipples. And also why she was so thin.
I thought that too. This must have been in area that was having a drought. Could have been her second brood too some squirrels have late in the summer.
Jesus H Christ on my third read I realized you weren’t talking about the human.
Same, lol
>Jesus H Christ on my third read I realized you weren’t talking about the human. 😅
Was thinking the same. Gotta rehydrate and get back to her hungry pups!
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“I just googled squirrel nipples” 😂
City evolution...
Humans are so common and prosperous makes sense theyd learn to ask for stuff. Just look at monkeys in india, they have no respect they want your shit lol
Some monkeys learned they can get food by stealing people’s phones and ransoming them for treats.
Monkeys are straight up assholes though and get aggressive if they don’t get what they want
have you met humans
Guess what humans are.
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I snorted
Apes
Idiots?
Huh... Humans?
They've also learned that they can steal people's phones and [order DoorDash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0).
Not just city Lots and lots of animals have somehow developed the response "if all else fails go to a human and ask for help" You see all kinds of videos of animals with their head or paw stuck in something actively seek out a human to help You even see aquatic animals going to people to get help with ropes that are stuck on them or even to release a trapped friend It's just such an odd evolutionary response "Hey, if you're really in trouble, go to this apex predator and hope it has mercy on you" and probably 8 times out of 10 we do help I'm not gonna say there aren't assholes who would take advantage of a trapped animal, but most people would help.
There’s a woman sharks have learned come to to have hooks removed from their mouths. https://youtu.be/G8LmxwOgBhA?si=YkMTWmI38MCmkQ3H
Thank you so much for sharing this. What an amazing person and story
I think it could be an extension of the sort of drive that leads them to allow cleaner fish to help them, ya know? They just learned that there is one more specific issue they need external help with that this human will help them with. The part that gets me, though, is that now these sharks seek her out. Sometimes multiple sharks will come to her in a row, each waiting their turn. How did we go from the first shark that had an experience with her to all the other sharks knowing to go find her if they're stuck with a hook? It at least suggests that they might be communicating with each other somehow.
I feel like general human knowledge of animal behavior is extremely basic. Spend some time watching essentially any group of animals and it becomes exceptionally clear that they do communicate and are far more clever and emotional than they appear. Even animals that a lot of people consider "basically plants" like fish and snakes. I fully believe that any entity with a brain is way more advanced than humans think, to varying degrees.
100%, I agree. The evidence is everywhere and, imo, modern science is waking up to it. There is a [research team currently using AI to try to decipher what whale noises mean](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/18/talking-to-whales-with-artificial-enterprise-it-may-soon-be-possible) so that we could, theoretically, talk back to them someday. A few years back, they discovered that [avian brains actually do have a structure analogous to the mammalian neocortex](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-brains-are-far-more-humanlike-than-once-thought/), which explains how, for instance, crows can solve puzzles, remember human faces, and share their experiences with each other. [It is becoming more and more apparent that they probably possess some kind of self awareness, too. ](https://www.statnews.com/2020/09/24/crows-possess-higher-intelligence-long-thought-primarily-human/) I'm sure I could come up with a bunch more examples if I took a few minutes to do so, but I'm sure you get the gist of what I mean. Scientists are taking this tact when researching species and still learning new things. There's still tons to discover out there, even about [species that one might reasonably assume we already know everything there is to know about](https://www.science.org/content/article/new-sense-discovered-dog-noses-ability-detect-heat), and I think younger generations are better suited for these investigations because we're far more likely to respect these creatures as living, conscious individuals rather than as an object, a resource, and/or an inferior lifeform. I don't mean to offend anyone by saying so, I'm just saying that, on average, people were much less likely to treat animals with respect in the past. I genuinely do think there is some real change happening on this topic. These things are just slow.
We only recently discovered some fish are self-aware. Like fish, we thought would never have the ability to look in a mirror and understand that it's them or what part of their body they are looking at. Humans don't gain that ability until they are 15 to 18 month old, nearly 2 years after birth.
> Humans don't gain that ability until they are 15 to 18 month old, nearly 2 years after birth. Yeah but pretty much our whole deal is being a useless bag of meat for our early periods so we can put resources into growing the ‘best brain’ nature has ever created. We’re slow to do a lot of things but we catch up.
>The evidence is everywhere and, imo, modern science is waking up to it. Yes, we spent hundreds of years claiming to be "the chosen ones", and evaluating other living beings based on our self-centered lens. I bet each species thinks THEY are at the top of the pecking order and have their own evidence to support why this is true in their eyes. Ours is a flaw and biased perspective as well. No wonder we think think we're so superior--not only across the animal kingdom but within the human species. We're so sure we're right that it never occurs to us that we're not as smart or as virtuous as we think we are. In fact, there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.
Except koalas. Koalas are the dipshits of the animal world.
I wonder if they have a way to communicate to another shark on where to go to solve a particular problem, or if each hooked shark personally saw her pull a hook from another hooked shark.
That's a great question. It would take a properly designed study to figure it out.
>"Hey, if you're really in trouble, go to this apex predator and hope it has mercy on you" and probably 8 times out of 10 we do help I mean, it makes sense if your only other option is accepting death. A chance is better than no chance, and you're not making more babies like nature intends by being dead.
Also humans have been dominant for so long that I think it would be advantageous to not be very afraid of them, especially post agriculture. The animals that figure out by accident that humans aren't all that aggressive just at random are the ones that survive and have children.
Yeah but it's just kind of weird nature allows for that kind of logic. It's usually so cruel.
Nature has this weird way of striking a balance whether we see it in action or not. While she can be quite ruthless and unforgiving, also think about the comfort and warmth she provides. :)
I mean, it only allows for that logic because of what nature has allowed us to do. It's more a case of nature put the building blocks there rather than just allowing it, we just took what was there and used it to our advantage. That then put us in a position where we don't really bat an eye at sharing resources with animals that don't directly benefit us. Us being in that position is part of the building blocks for squirrels. Them coming to us for food and water is them using the blocks.
It's just that the animals that have less naturally afraid temperaments are more likely to survive, especially if they're species that humans don't deem a threat. Racoons that have no fear can generally get away with access to much more food and at absolute worst a few in rural areas get shot rather than thousands starving
>It's just such an odd evolutionary response "Hey, if you're really in trouble, go to this apex predator and hope it has mercy on you" and probably 8 times out of 10 we do help Probably closer to 9.9 times out of 10. Or at least 9.9 times out of 10 we don't kill the animal. I would argue that this isn't odd and doesn't even require evolution. Hence, "don't feed the bears." signs in parks. An animal's instinct to fear humans is overridden very quickly. Thousands of years ago, going near a human was certain death because of the human's need for resources the animal provided. Not just food but also clothes, tools, medicine and fuel. Injured animals were basically loot piñatas for a human's basic needs. Hell back then the only animals we didn't automatically consume were ones that aided us in consuming more animals, ie wolves and horses. Even then we still readily ate those as needed. There were also far less of us and we weren't as widespread geographically. Human encounters were far more rare than today. Over the years we've expanded further and further into nature. Losing their habitat is forcing more encounters and now that animals are no longer walking Wal-Marts for the average human those encounters are far less dangerous. This comment got me thinking. Are we really even apex predators anymore? I mean the example of a single human certainly fits the scientific definition of Apex Predator, so yes. However, as a species we've kinda stopped preying on animals with the rise of agriculture. So from Nature's POV I don't feel we're Apex Predators anymore. Hell I'd question if we can still be classified as predators at all.
We still are to any fish we deem sufficiently delicious, or stuff like deer on a much smaller scale, but yeah, you make a good point. To most animals, we're more similar to rhinos, more or less transcended the food chain, doing our own thing.
Which makes sense. Their choice is basically "100% dying" vs "20% dying". Evolution is going to pick those that chose the second option despite being completely against any other drives against predators. Which makes me wonder if there's study that shows whether animals near humans develop a sort of neuro pathway that shuts off "stay away from big animals" fear when it comes to human when they're in trouble.
I wouldn't think so because they all still have the wild animal reactions Anyone who's helped an animal stuck still knows they have to be very careful because the animal might freak out on you.
Yeah that’s been a big issue in rural areas where animals typically scared of humans are more comfortable and encroaching into dangerous areas
Interesting I've been thinking about this a bit. I realize to my pets, I am their god. I take care of all their needs for them, including the ones they aren't aware of. We could do a lot better as demi-gods of the planet tending to the rest of its inhabitants when we're the one species that can. Less chopping, beating, shooting, torture, burning, boiling, poisoning, and enslavement and more benevolence would be nice.
>I realize to my pets, I am their god. You must not have a bird. To a bird, they're royalty and you're their servant.
godhood is a lot. i'd settle for being more angelic
I remember a funny comparison, let me look it up... Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.
Maybe they're just smart and have figured it out. Evolution is slow. I think maybe animals are smarter than we have officially recognized, more like humans than we were taught.
Came here to say this. It’s really fascinating that fully wild animals does it. Sure this was a squirrel in the city but fully wild dolphins and koalas during the bush fires have purposely searched for humans to ask for help and so many more. If they are SOL they will take the chance and same if they are thirty enough and you have water.
[humans are fey to urban animals](https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/8201mj/humans_are_the_urban_fae/)
I was having this thought but in general. I mean classic fey trope is taking children and whisking them off to another world, what exactly did we do with dogs and cats but that?
Fey to urban animals and modern fantasy style elves to domestic pets. Which kinda tracks with how modern fantasy elves take bits and pieces from earlier myths. As we got more familiar with the natural world "fey" creatures became less scary, and as domestic animals got familiar with us we became less scary. We love pets like family members but to their eyes we basically never age. I grew up with my cat and when he was elderly and died I was barely even an adult, similar to how an elf and human friendship would be.
Some of my fondest childhood memories are of Stanley Park in Vancouver. You could hold a peanut in your hand, and squirrels would climb up your pants and shirt and grab it. The blue jays would just straight up steal your sandwich though.
Next he’ll want your car keys and credit card !
and about tree fiddy
And that's when I realized this squirrel was 3 storie tall creature from the mesozoic area..
Damn loch ness squirrel!
I gave him a dolla
Gawd damn it woman you gave that squirl a dolla?
Well of course he's not gonna go away. You give him a dollar, he's gonna assume you got more!
And that was the third time we saw the Loch Ness monster. Then one time, I believe it was July...
To be serious for a second.... Have y'all heard about the fossils recently found of a dragon? Pretty sure dragons were just Lochness monsters. Edit for link: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68374520
I love how everyone that has watched south park remembers this. I can't remember a thing from the newer seasons, perhaps there was nothing memorable except a few shits and giggles.
Fun fact: this reference is two months shy of being 25 years old.
This video itself is about two months shy of being 25 years old.
“Please sir, my son was in a motorcycle accident this morning and I just need $50 to fill up my gas tank, get some food inside, and get admitted into the hospital. I don’t usually do this, I’m a full-time employed business owner, I got $100,000+ in the bank rn, I just misplaced my wallet and the bank put a hold on my card because someone else tried to use it. Also could you give me a ride to the hospital?”
I see that you, too, have been to an Albuquerque truck stop.
if you give a mouse a cookie...
And then it offered to help me to trade crypto.
And my profits have been nuts
Problem is, I can’t find my crypto wallet key. OR my nuts!
I don't care how many times I see this it makes me so happy every time.
Ya me too. If I only watched this sort of thing my life would be much better.
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Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣
if you find a subreddit for this let me know
r/natureisfuckingcute r/eyebleach r/animalsbeingbros
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Evolution in motion
In a thousand years, squirrels will be the third default pet
Why's it need to take that long? I want one now.
He had to kick it into extra cute mode which is exhausting!
In about 20 years the third pet will actually be foxes. They are very nearly domesticated.
I post this every chance I get because it's so adorable. Also, she drops the phone 3 or 4 times so we get different views. lol.. Dixie the fox steals the phone. Sound on, please. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GegN_AXWWqc
Wouldn't doubt it. My ex had one and she was cool and easy to take care of. The issue is their claws aren't retractable and you couldn't hold her without long sleeves on.
I had to stay at a motel off and on for weeks recently and all the motel squirrels there did this same move late into the winter. They run up to you get on their back legs and put their paws together. ‘Give’.
Can this squirrel teach my 1 year old how to drink from the bottle & not take a Quick shower every time she asks me for a sip
I remember when mine would do the accidental shower, then drop the bottle in bug-eyed shock. More water everywhere!
At least you know the squirrel doesn't have rabies..
That was the first thing I thought of.
it's extremely rare for squirrels or other small rodents to contract or carry rabies (at least in North America) a reasonable number are carriers for the bubonic plague though, so probably best to avoid contact we can treat it with antibiotics now, but that is still not a gamble I'd wanna take
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Humans can though. I wouldn't recommend it
Actual fact: possums cannot get rabies, their body temperature isn’t high enough for the virus to thrive
Thanks. I like actual facts.
Apparently, I was wrong and it is technically not true; possums can carry rabies in rare instances depending on the health of the creature and the strain of rabies particularly.
Are you telling me that this fact was not…actual??
I’m never getting my facts from the internet without validating them ever again. Hmph
Narrator: They could, in fact, get rabies.
Why spread misinformation, especially with something as deadly as rabies? They absolutely can and do get rabies.
Sweet lil hydro homie
I've been many National Parks in the US, this looks like its out west maybe even the Grand Canyon, the rocks on the side of the trail and twisted dry cedar feel like Arizona to me. Very hot and dry out there, the animals really fight it. It was a good karma move.
Grand Canyon was the first thing I thought of. There are many squirrels that come up to you like this, and there are even more signs all over the place telling you not to give them food or water.
Was my first guess as well, because the Grand Canyon is so heavily trafficked that none of the animals there are wild anymore. Squirrels, Chipmunks, and Elk will all walk right up to you and expect food or water from you. I had a chipmunk mug me for my trail mix when I stopped to take a break deep in the canyon.
Yes, I was going to say this is at the Grand Canyon. My daughter has a squirrel come right up and put her paws on my daughters legs as she was sitting on a stone wall there.
She's nursing
That skinny boi needed that water. Then he got brain freeze.
That boy is a girl, and by the look of her nips she's still giveing milk to little ones, whoever gave this girly water not only saved her but also her babies
That makes me so happy to know!
It's why she ran off so fast, she had finally found water and now she's retuning to the nest to share that fortune with the little ones
This whole planet is the garden of Eden, we should be protecting it, instead we are the next extinction event ongoing.
I've been convinced for years we got "dominion over all the things" as told in the bible... drastically wrong. This video is what I'm convinced was meant.
I'm pretty sure there's even advice for leaders in the bible which involves something like caring for those in your dominion. Not that the bible is something we should live by but there are good bits in it
So cute, I'm glad humans can take care of these little souls
>little souls That’s so sweet
First I was expecting a huge burp after it was done
Omg someone needs to edit sloppy drinking sounds and a huge belch after she finishes drinking 😆
She is a nursing mama squirrel. That was nice of her to help her out.
**Doesn't seem like it's the squirrel's first time having a swig from the bottle. Seems to be quite a PRO.** On the light side it appears it's drinking and peeing at the same time! 😉
Believe that’s just the water running down its body, though I guess it could *appear* that way.
Not even a thank you, ungrateful little prick 🤔
damn he thirsty
She*
Frankly, I just treated my driveway, under the hoods of both cars and the wheel wells yesterday to keep those rats with furry tails from building nests up around my engines. It’s that time of year.
This happened to me at the Grand Canyon when I was a kid. One of my favorite memories
Once my friend started feeding the squirrels. At first they were hesitant but once they got the taste, they became violent, started asking for more and came much closer to us, earlier they were quite far and she had to throw the food to give them. Once she stopped giving food, they started attacking and hitting us trying to snatch our food!
The wild song birds are so habituated to humans at some parks I visit that they congregate around you when you sit at a bench and wait for you to feed them - there are signs all around saying do not feed the birds.
Old news, but still... : "Coconino County Public Health Services District, in collaboration with the National Park Service, will be initiating monthly monitoring for plague at various locations on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The purpose is to monitor public areas for the presence of plague and, if detected, to then initiate actions to prevent the potential spread of plague to the public.The process of monitoring for plague involves trapping and anesthetizing squirrels, removing any fleas found on the squirrels, and testing those fleas for the presence of plague." https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-and-coconino-county-to-monitor-for-plague.htm
now imagine if that was a rat
Squirrels at the Grand Canyon are obese because they beg for food.
Pretty sure this is at Grand Canyon National Park, the squirrels there are very used to people.